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S. must have been an attractive person in other respects , though of mature age ; for at the Cape all the unmarried Dutchmen who approached her made love to her , " not by describing their tender feelings , but by enumerating the oxen ...
S. must have been an attractive person in other respects , though of mature age ; for at the Cape all the unmarried Dutchmen who approached her made love to her , " not by describing their tender feelings , but by enumerating the oxen ...
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At the same time it is to to be remembered that there have been persons endowed with a peculiar faculty for expressing their best ... Letters , to be worth any- thing , should tell us something about the person they are written to .
At the same time it is to to be remembered that there have been persons endowed with a peculiar faculty for expressing their best ... Letters , to be worth any- thing , should tell us something about the person they are written to .
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Then there was the great Mahratta confederacy , now united in the person of Scindiah , extend- ing from the Ganges to the Tomboodra , from which we had formerly received aid in our war with Hyder Ali , now ranged amongst the number of ...
Then there was the great Mahratta confederacy , now united in the person of Scindiah , extend- ing from the Ganges to the Tomboodra , from which we had formerly received aid in our war with Hyder Ali , now ranged amongst the number of ...
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